Ficon Requirements - Cisco MDS 9000 Series Configuration Manual

FICON Requirements

FCP and FICON are different FC4 protocols and their traffic is independent of each other. Devices using
these protocols should be isolated using VSANs.
The fabric binding feature helps prevent unauthorized switches from joining the fabric or disrupting current
fabric operations (refer to the Cisco MDS 9000 Family NX-OS Security Configuration Guide ). The Registered
Link Incident Report (RLIR) application provides a method for a switch port to send an LIR to a registered
Nx port.
Figure 54: Shared System Storage Network
This section includes the following topics:
FICON Requirements, on page 246
MDS-Specific FICON Advantages, on page 247
FICON Cascading, on page 251
FICON VSAN Prerequisites, on page 251
FICON Requirements
The FICON feature has the following requirements:
• You can implement FICON features in the following switches:
• You need the MAINFRAME_PKG license to configure FICON parameters.
• To extend your FICON configuration over a WAN link using FCIP, you need the appropriate
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• Any switch in the Cisco MDS 9500 Series
• Any switch in the Cisco MDS 9200 Series (including the Cisco MDS 9222i Multiservice Modular
Switch)
• Cisco MDS 9134 Multilayer Fabric Switch
• MDS 9000 Family 18/4-Port Multiservice Module
SAN_EXTN_OVER_IP license for the module you are using. For more information, refer to the Cisco
NX-OS Family Licensing Guide .
Configuring FICON